Antique cars from all over the world are traveling across the country in a competition called The Great Race.

Antique cars from all over the world are traveling across the country in a competition called The Great Race.

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Updated: 7:13 PM MDT Jun 24, 2015

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WEBVTT SHELLY: ANTIQUE CARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A COMPETITION CALLED THE GREAT RACE. AND TODAY THEY MADE A STOP IN THE DUKE CITY. DOUG: KOAT ACTION 7 SPORTS DIRECTOR ORLANDO SANCHEZ TELLS US WHY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP, TO CHECK OUT SOME CLASSIC CARS. ORLANDO: IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL RACE. 120 ANTIQUE CARS, SOME NEARLY A CENTURY OLD. TRAVELING THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM MISSOURI TO CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A GPS OR COMPUTER IT'S DEFINITELY OLD SCHOOL. THEY'RE GOING BACK IN HISTORY TO THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF RACING MAJORITY OF THESE CARS WHEN THEY WERE RACED WERE IN ENDURANCE STYLE OF RACING. ORLANDO: IT'S CALLED THE GREAT RACE. MORE ABOUT BEING ON TIME THAN HAVING THE FASTEST TIME. IT'S A TEST OF ENDURANCE NAVIGATING DOWN ROUTE 66. THESE CLASSIC CARS MADE A PIT STOP AT THE UNSER RACING MUSEUM IN ALBUQUERQUE. SEEING THIS STUFF ACTUALLY DRIVING AND NOT JUST PARKED IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET TO DO EVERY DAY YOU CAN GO TO A MUSEUM AND SEE IT ANY TIME BUT TO SEE SOMEONE DRIVE LONG DISTANCES IT'S A TREAT. ORLANDO: SO THERE'S NO SURPRISE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO GET A GLIMPSE. ALBUQUERQUE IS A FANTASTIC OLD CAR TOWN NOT ONLY THE CLIMATE, THE LACK OF RUST WE LOVE IT OUT HERE IT'S A CAR FANATIC'S PARADISE. ORLANDO: EVEN TEMPTING LEGENDARY ALBUQUERQUE DRIVER AND 4-TIME INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNER AL UNSER, TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AGAIN. WHEN I RETIRED I SAID I WOULD NEVER RACE AGAIN COMPETITIVELY BUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. ORLANDO: IF THAT'S THE CASE, BIG AL HAS PLENTY OF CHOICES AT HIS

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Antique cars from all over the world are traveling across the country in a competition called The Great Race.